Thomas Horler
About Thomas Horler
Thomas Horler is an engineer with extensive experience at Nationwide Building Society, where he has held various roles since 2011, including Environment Lead and Release Analyst. He has a background in change analysis and management, having worked at Nokia and Orange, and has completed multiple IT certifications.
Work at Nationwide Building Society
Thomas Horler has held multiple roles at Nationwide Building Society since 2011. He currently serves as an Engineer, a position he has maintained for 13 years in Swindon, United Kingdom. Prior to this, he worked as a Release Analyst from 2011 to 2013 and as an Environment Lead from 2013 to 2017. In his role as Environment Lead, he played a key role in transitioning Environment Services to enhance testing environment solutions. He also coordinated implementations for various systems and services in the financial and mobile banking sectors.
Education and Expertise
Thomas Horler completed his education at Thames Valley University and City of Bristol College, where he studied IT Practitioners and earned a National Certificate from 2006 to 2008. He also attended Lockleaze School, achieving GCSEs in subjects such as English language and literature, Mathematics, and Modern Languages. While employed at Orange, he completed the ISEB ITIL v3 Foundation Course and obtained NVQ level 2, along with Key Skills level 2 and various other courses.
Background in Change and Release Management
Before joining Nationwide Building Society, Thomas Horler worked in various roles related to change and release management. He served as a Change Analyst at Nokia for 11 months and at Orange for two years. He also worked as a Change and Release Manager at Multicom for five months in 2011. His experience includes managing, tracking, and maintaining complex testing environments and coordinating implementations across multiple systems.
Professional Contributions and Responsibilities
Throughout his career, Thomas Horler has been responsible for managing multiple end-to-end complex testing environments, including associated components and code provisioning. He set up and chaired deployment meetings (CAB) for testing services and projects, ensuring effective management of upcoming changes. Additionally, he reported weekly deployment KPIs to the management team at Nationwide Building Society and interviewed, profiled, and trained offshore resources from the company's third-party offshore partner.